The concept is interesting, but the focus on collecting and crafting becomes monotonous too quickly, while the fights are a little rough around the edges.

It lost a bit of its former magic, but Re-Volt Classic delivers a solid racing experience.

Conceptually interesting visual novel with too rigidly constructed situations.

At its core Hybrid Wars shows a solid twinstick shooter foundation somewhere between the classics Expandable and Desert Strike. But the pace is off for most of the time while technical flaws, mostly framerate issues, make you want to look for alternatives.

The levels are small but challenging, the hunt for carrots surprisingly motivating. But what looked charming in the beginning, soon became redundant.

Atmospheric puzzle adventure with a fox as protagonist – but hampered by clumsy controls and unsophisticated storytelling.

Short co-op puzzler with interesting controls. There’s not much fun to be found, though.

This stationary, wave-based shooting gallery starts out slow. But thanks to the dynamic weapon changes and the overall fault-free movement detection this delivers decent no frills arcade shooting.

Pretty retro design isn’t everything. While the art design is creative, the action remains simple. Games like Resogun or Child of Eden deliver way more tension.

Quotation forthcoming.

On one hand I welcome Tecmos decision to premiere this beat em up franchise on PC. But on the other this is just half-hearted so I wonder if they just want to cash in before Mortal Kombat X arrives.

Once you get over the shock of the very simplistic design My Tower, my Home becomes an interesting mix of tower defense and arcade-action. Unfortunately the fun is short lived.

It starts strong, then it deteriorates and all of a sudden it is over. While the audiovisual presentation is classy the content is too thin.

Space Run Galaxy captured me in the very beginning. But too soon the missing depth in this interesting tower defense variation took its toll. It just doesn’t live up to its potential.

A very short RPG that is much more fun in co-op than alone.

Sometimes this becomes an interesting tactical cat-and-mouse-game. But mostly you’ll find that the beautiful art design doesn’t match the dreary game design.

Milestone is Milestone is Milestone: “The Doctor”’s license aside this racing experience consists of a lot of recycling and very little progress.

Entertaining coding on a fictitious old fashioned computer. There is a lack of complex commands and overall challenge, though.

The wild fight against dinosaurs and the opposing team offers a wide variety of classes, but becomes monotonous far too quickly.

Except for the new kids mode this is Just Dance as it always was - you either love it or loathe it. It might not be as accurate as the Dance Centrals of this world but it delivers fun.

Tell Me Why brings you an intense story of a traumatic childhood, but the boring gameplay elements as well as the superficial emotional connection of the protagonists rather are a disappointment.

Kingdom Hearts’ rhythm-game spin-off brings you a huge soundtrack library of beautifully arranged music embedded in merely average mechanics.

Compare this to Ori and the very conservative interpretation feels old-fashioned. It shows some cool gadgets, though, while the weaponry and abilities are well connected to the exploration. But nonetheless this is “too” retro for me.

This is a solid start for the planned trilogy. Mixing stealth, shock effects and survival horror, the experience is truly terrifying - at least in the beginning. Towards the end it becomes routine while the minigames and trial & error sequences become tedious.

4K and ray-tracing seem to push the Series X to the limit, but in perfomance mode System Redux definitely looks better than the original – and runs smoother. Nonetheless the core stays the same: a weird cyberpunk thriller with repititive mind-games.

Initially the heist planning sparks your interest. But eventually this is more of a real-time puzzle game than a strategic or a tactical challenge. The quest for a spiritual successor to They Stole a Million continues.

The experience without VR glasses pales in comparison. Not only is the immersion gone. With it the intuitive precision and overview are missing too. If the goal is to get more pilots for the intense space duels, this is not the way.

With a steep learning curve and the focus on multiplayer team duels this is not for everybody. But Cherry Pop Games managed to capture the team dynamics that are necessary to have success together. The fun you have depends heavily on the squad you are in, though, and how they treat you as a player - and as a person.